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The leader of Ethiopia's Tigray region, Debretsion Gebremichael, has rejected the prime minister's ultimatum to surrender by Wednesday and has pledged to fight on in the conflict engulfing the north of the country.

The United Nations has called for protection for the half a million civilians in the city of Mekelle which the government has threatened to attack.

Saviano Abreu is with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

(Picture: Humanitarian workers from UNHCR talk to Ethiopian refugees. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)